Citation
Chalcraft, T. (2012), "Notes on key reviews in this issue", Reference Reviews, Vol. 26 No. 7. https://doi.org/10.1108/rr.2012.09926gaa.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2012, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Notes on key reviews in this issue
Article Type: Editorial notes and queries From: Reference Reviews, Volume 26, Issue 7
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18th Connect (RR 2012/286). Portal site based at the University of Virginia providing a gateway to a wide range of digital scholarship resources relating to the eighteenth-century. A companion to NINES (RR 2012/246), a similar gateway to nineteenth-century digital materials.
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ALA Guide to Business & Economics Reference (RR 2012/302). One of three guides based on the ALA’s online Guide to Reference (www.guidetoreference.org). The other guides are ALA Guide to Sociology and Psychology Reference (RR 2011/260) and the ALA Guide to Medical & Health Sciences Reference (RR 2012/261).
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Bénézit Dictionary of Artists (RR 2012/317). A welcome online version of this reference standard from Oxford University Press based on the fourteen volume English language edition of 2006. Available separately or as part of Oxford Art Online giving cross-searching functionality with Grove Art Online.
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Early Canadian Online (RR 2012/323). Gratis database (with subscription options offering fuller features) providing access to over 80,000 rare books, magazines and government documents relating to Canada or published in Canada from the 1600s to the 1940s.
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Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature (RR 2012/306). A three-volume set published as part of The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature (RR 2011/324).
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Encyclopedia of War (RR 2012/296). A major five-volume print and online set from Wiley-Blackwell. Covers war from the earliest times to the modern day with entries on individual wars and war leaders predominating, but also including articles on weaponry, doctrines, war literature, etc.
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Oxford Latin Dictionary (RR 2012/307). Oxford University Press second edition of the major Latin dictionary (the only rival being Lewis and Short’s Harper’s Latin Dictionary dating back to the nineteenth-century) replacing the first edition completed in 1968.
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PhilPapers (RR 2012/292). A free online bibliographic index to scholarly research in philosophy currently offering 483,000 citations drawn from 350 journals. Forms a potential alternative to the subscription The Philosopher’s Index.
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Rarebooks.info (RR 2012/288). Subscription service offering a digital library of out of copyright reference works on rare books.
Tony Chalcraft